Barnett Tony, Weston Mark
LSE Health and LSEAIDS, London School of Economics, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
AIDS. 2008 Aug;22 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S27-34. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000327434.28538.51.
HIV/AIDS primarily affects people of working age. Population susceptibility is poorly understood. This paper speculates that an operationally defined concept of hope may offer new ways of understanding its social epidemiology. Hope is directly linked to the future in as much as it determines the value people place on that future. Individual and communal levels of hope may vary, with consequent impacts on HIV transmission. HIV/AIDS in turn may reduce hope and thereby reduce societies' future wellbeing. The paper concludes by offering recommendations for research, programming and policy.
艾滋病毒/艾滋病主要影响工作年龄段的人群。人们对人群易感性了解甚少。本文推测,一个从操作层面定义的希望概念可能为理解其社会流行病学提供新的途径。希望与未来直接相关,因为它决定了人们对未来的重视程度。个人和社区层面的希望可能各不相同,从而对艾滋病毒传播产生影响。反过来,艾滋病毒/艾滋病可能会降低希望,进而减少社会的未来福祉。本文最后针对研究、规划和政策提出了建议。